{"id":11718,"date":"2024-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/?p=11718"},"modified":"2024-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"october-at-river-city-bangkok-high-art-higher-prices-and-culture-with-a-side-of-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/th\/2024\/10\/01\/october-at-river-city-bangkok-high-art-higher-prices-and-culture-with-a-side-of-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"October at River City Bangkok: High Art, Higher Prices and Culture with a Side of Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"

October at River City Bangkok delivers the perfect cocktail of art, culture and commercial temptation, all wrapped in an irresistible package.<\/h3>\n

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River City Bangkok—the cultural hotspot where you can contemplate a masterful portrait one minute and then ponder whether that quirky souvenir is truly worth its weight in baht the next. This October, the riverside gem is serving up a delightful mix of exhibitions, events and high-end memorabilia shopping that is as tempting as it is expensive. The artistic lineup kicks off with the Italthai Portrait Prize, an exhibition of over 70 paintings which vied for the top purse of 500,000 THB and other prizes in Thailand’s first and only national portrait competition, now in its fourth year. Bangkok’s elite art lovers (and the Governor, no less) turned up to applaud the country’s creative talent—and inevitably, to be seen. As Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt presented the prizes with the kind of gravitas only he can pull off, artists, sitters and art lovers crowded around for selfies with him.<\/p>\n

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